Joe.My.God. LGBT News

The Iowa Capital Dispatch reports: The Iowa Senate passed a bill Wednesday restricting books and instruction related to LGBTQ identities in Iowa classrooms and libraries. Lawmakers changed language in Senate File 496 Wednesday, before passing it 34-16. The amendment to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ “parental rights” bill added requirements that school libraries not include materials which depict, visually or textually, any …

The Hill reports: DeSantis offered a harsh rebuke of Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling him a “war criminal” days after earlier comments about the Russian-Ukrainian war sparked controversy. “I think he is a war criminal,” DeSantis said during an interview with Piers Morgan. “I do think that he should be held accountable,” DeSantis added. The criticism of Putin comes just …

Mediaite reports: Trump may have finally hit upon a new nickname for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Well, not Trump, but someone who posted a video he shared on Truth Social. In a late-night missive against DeSantis on Wednesday, Trump posted a screenshot of a user who referred to the governor as “Ron DeSoros,” in a nod to George Soros. Trump’s …

“Now, if I were Trump and running his campaign, I’d strongly urge him to stop talking about 2020. It’s over. Enough. Marinating in old claims of election fraud will not win over a single voter in any state that he needs to win in 2024. And maybe, just maybe drop the nicknames and the petty personal stuff. It was funny …

Politico reports: As she races to stockpile campaign money and post an impressive, statement-making first-quarter fundraising number, Sinema has used a series of Republican-dominated receptions and retreats this year to belittle her Democratic colleagues, shower her GOP allies with praise and, in one case, quite literally give the middle finger to President Biden’s White House. “Those lunches were ridiculous,” she …

The Casper Star-Tribune reports: Abortion is legal again in Wyoming after a Teton County judge Wednesday temporarily blocked a new ban on the procedure while a new legal challenge winds through the courts. The Life is a Human Right Act took effect on midnight Saturday after Gov. Mark Gordon [photo] allowed it to become law without his signature. The legislation, …

The Associated Press reports: Federal prosecutors disclosed Wednesday that a witness expected to testify for the defense at the seditious conspiracy trial of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four associates was secretly acting as a government informant for nearly two years after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, a defense lawyer said in a court …

Posted last night to Trump’s campaign website: Now that Ron DeSanctimonious is finally admitting he’s in the Race by beginning to fight back, and now that his Polls have crashed so he has no other choice, let me explain the facts. He is, for a Republican, an average Governor, he got 1.2 million less Votes in Florida than me, he …

The Arizona Republic reports: Arizona’s top court has declined to hear Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s challenge to her election loss, but kept the case alive by sending one of Lake’s claims back to a county judge to review. The former television news anchor made seven legal claims in her case. Those included claims that tens of thousands of ballots …

Deadline Hollywood reports: Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul, musicians Lil Yachty, Ne-Yo, Soulja Boy, Akon and Austin Mahone and adult film star Kendra Lust were charged Wednesday for illegally promoting the securities of crypto companies being investigated by the SEC. The commission today charged crypto asset entrepreneur Justin Sun and three of his wholly owned companies for the unregistered offer and …